Ghost Boy [Paperback]

A teenage boy must confront his unusual gift for seeing people that no one else can see...Seventh grader Ben Conover sees people no one else can see. When he confides in his best friend, it's not long before smart phones start lighting up with text messages as the air cackles with gossip and he becomes known in school as the 'Ghost Boy'. Home has become a battle ground between his Mum's acceptance and his Dad's disapproval. Ben desperately seeks his father's approval, and wants to be like a regular twelve-year-old. But he doesn't want to break free from his spirit friend, Abby, who shows up when he is in danger or about to do something wrong. She somehow guides him and he has grown very fond of her. Will Ben's father accept his son's psychic gifts? Can he persuade his father that spirits are real and not just hallucinations? And who exactly is Abby? A Middle Grade story about a boy who sees spirits.Stafford Betty is an author of fiction and non-fiction. Professor of religion at California State University in Bakersfield, CA, Stafford earned his PhD in theology from Fordham University, and is a world expert on afterlife and paranormal studies.